World of Warcraft ruined my life!
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I love WoW. A reward system for the game works perfect. I can only play during the week after the gym
This is what WE do, haha!!!
"Did I do good this week? Yes? ENTIRE WEEKEND OF RAIDING/SLAUGHTERING ZOMBIE HOARDS!!!"0 -
I've Played WoW for bout 4 yrs now.. but I've cut back the amount I play whenever my wife is home.... I actually find that I eat less while playing (maybe cause I'm more occuplied and engrosed in the game)..... just sitting watching TV is my killer... I've always have to be munching as I'm watching...
Relem: Wildhammer
85 Night elf hunter
75 human rouge
60 worgen warrior
45 human Female warLock0 -
I love WoW. A reward system for the game works perfect. I can only play during the week after the gym
LOL I have so done things like this xD
I have an 85 paladin, druid, and warrior. All tanks. So when I farm instances I make myself do 70 pushups in between xD
Or when I attempted leveling dps I would jump rope while I waited for the instance que to pop up0 -
**WARNING: I'm about to stop making friends ---
I don't know if this has been covered - I wasn't going to read 4 pages.
Games don't ruin lives. Period. I played many games, including WoW for 4 years, several 85s, scheduled raids, yadda, yadda...
The bottom line is things like this only ruin lives if they are allowed to. I was able to play for 8+ hours on days when I had nothing to to but not play at all on busy days. It was fun but there are more important things. I still play games. I still love it!
I was able to run a business, have a relationship, take care of my son and be a responsible member of the volunteer community while maintaining a 3 day raid schedule. It didn't cause me to gain weight. It didn't turn me into a cave dwelling troglodyte, afraid of human contact.
I have been on the recieving end of a failing relationship due to a gamin addiction. It was up to me to do everything I could to prevent the issue and when I saw no other solution we parted ways. I did not allow it to ruin my life. If the person I was with rather be online than spend time with me I needed to move past it.
Just think about it. Warcraft - ANY game - didn't ruin your life. You allowed it.0 -
Me and the hubby love WoW. But eventually wound spending less time due to having kids and working out. However we found a new addiction Star Wars Old republic. I find I play more on the weekends, leaving the weekdays for excersice and kids stuff. While playing wow I found I gained 60 lbs over 3 Years. If only you count the miles your character ran in the game in to real life
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I've never really been into WoW, but played plenty of console games. I haven't been gaming much in the recent past, though. Between work and home committments, I just haven't made the time.
Plus, I bought a guitar (well, two now), and I've been playing guitar for an hour or so in the evenings instead of gaming or zoning out in front of the TV. It's hard to munch when you need BOTH hands to play.0 -
I don't know about a problem, per se... but I have been sucked into many a game. I tend to go with console games that have a definitive ending, but I do also play a browser game called Ikariam (Empire building. The world will be mine!).
I try to view my weight loss as a LARP. It makes it more interesting, but one time I completely freaked myself out by pretending there was a zombie horde chasing me when I was out for a run. Made it back to the house very quickly, but I was way over my max heart rate.
THATS AWESOME!0 -
My best friend had so much trouble in her marriage because of Wow, her husband would come home from work and stay at his computer until 3 or 4 in the moring, sleep for a few hours and go to work.....and come home, spend all night at the computer once again.
When I met my husband and found out he played WoW, i thought "oh crap". But I played it with him and we love it :P I think its just a matter of additude towards it/the person playing.
Before we got married, my husband was a guild leader, and would spend 40-50 hours a week playing, organizing raids (back in vanilla when it was 40 man) helping low levels to level up. Now we do spend a considerable time on WoW (he has 5 85's, i have 2 of them-Druid and Mage), but we also do other stuff as well, no longer part of a raiding guild so not as much focus on it
My husband jokes that he has two babies, me and his 85 Druid :laugh:0 -
I've Played WoW for bout 4 yrs now.. but I've cut back the amount I play whenever my wife is home.... I actually find that I eat less while playing (maybe cause I'm more occuplied and engrosed in the game)..... just sitting watching TV is my killer... I've always have to be munching as I'm watching...
Relem: Wildhammer
85 Night elf hunter
75 human rouge
60 worgen warrior
45 human Female warLock0 -
batman arkham city
enough said.0 -
I'm a recovering level 80 Blood Elf Mage (Kil'jaeden server), it's been a few years. I partially blame the wonderful game for my weight gain, along with making the transition from student to full-time office worker with a 3.5 hour commute each day. My now-husband and I were in a serious raiding guild where we had to be online and ready every night. Even if I didn't get taken on the raid, I'd have to spend the time farming for the guild.. it was such a life drain (though definitely entertaining and I met a lot of neat people).
You can do it!!0 -
I played WoW for about two years back when it came out. I loved it! Of course I had no life. I actually LOST weight playing, though.
All those burned dinners while raiding...
I played Aion for about a year. Great MMO, I must say.
Played Lord of the Rings Online for 18 months. Loved it.
Beta tested StarWars the Old Republic but decided against it because I will be dropping everything the second Diablo III comes out.
Beta testing Diablo III currently and desperate for them to release the game already!!!0 -
Play DDO it a little more forgiving and less time consuming!0
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I was addicted to Everquest hardcore back in the day to the point that their FanFaire was a quarter mile from my apartment one year on the same street I lived on, and instead of meeting people I talked to daily, I stayed home and played since the server was emptier and I could get the best camping spots. Played WoW for about 5 years too, but never liked it that much, it was more just social time with friends, but I did put insane amounts of time into that game sitting on my *kitten*. I don't think I've touched an MMO in 2 years though and much happier for it.
Though I still do play occasionally, mainly at work when traveling to kill time. but I only play games that don't require close attention and are easy to walk away from now. Currently that is Skyrim, Civ5, and Football Manager 2011.0 -
i used to play wow 12-15 hours a day 5-6 years ago. slowly piled on the pounds, became very antisocial and in the end - depressed. only good thing about wow was finding my husband there lol! we met on wow like proper nerds.
6 years later now im not an addict anymore but the weight remained. im still struggling to socialize but im definitely getting better. if i can lose this weight i believe it will boost my confidence and then maybe i can be myself again after 6 years.
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My ex used to play Final Fantasy literally every night from 5:30 pm to 3 am in the morning. I think he played while I was at work too, but he won't admit it. He'd sleep till noon, and he didn't have a job like, EVER. I will never never never date another guy that plays games. Ever.0
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This whole thread made me smile, been a gamer since my Atari 2600. started playing WoW in vanilla got my wife addicted in BC, add years at a PC and 90 lbs. On June 1st this year we both switched our nightly routine from raiding to working out. down 23 lbs between the two of us so far! Grats to the rest of you for moving forward. Ex-guild leader, Ex-raid leader soon to be Ex fat guy!
Like i told my fellow raiders:
If you fall on your face, you're still moving forward; push on.
I welcome any friend invites!0 -
Huge gamer here. Though when I was at my most addicted to WoW (playing from 8am until about 3am in the morning at one point ) I was also at my lightest since I would skip meals whenever I raided which was 5 nights a week!
Gaming's always been a big addiction for me starting from as young as 7 when I'd spend as many hours playing FF7 as possible.
Now I'm married, just completed my degree and don't have so much time to raid/play video games but i do still love to get an hour or two in there on the weekend! Anyone on EU WoW servers feel free to message me for RealID.
Any friend invites welcome too New here so would be great to encourage people and to be encouraged ^.^ Looking to lose about a stone as that's when I was at my healthiest and fittest! 0 -
I totally did a double take when I saw this thread! Duuuude, same story with me. Only I was up to almost 260 before I quit WoW, haha. Thankfully I've lost a good chunk of it since (it's been 3 years and down to 188), but I'd love to be friends with you if you'd like. We can curse Blizzard together! 0
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not weight related but I really think this videogame was one (along others) reasons to end a 5-years relationship with my ex-bf....0
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I don't play WoW, but I do play another one like it in my free time, and it hasn't affected my weight at all. I think the difference is that I don't eat while playing games. I am too focused on the action. I also take time out to hit the trails or the gym "IRL" on a regular basis, so I'm physically fit as well. It's not WoW's (or any other game's) fault when people selfishly destroy their relationships or pack on the pounds. Self control, people! 0
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I used to play! I was also addicted, as was my husband. We had level 80s of every class during WOTLK, between the 2 of us. My main was a 80 Draenei Paladin (on US-Khadgar). We were in top guilds and were often realm firsts. But... we didn't do ANYTHING else. I eventually got a job where I had to actually work during the day and evenings, so I quit first.. then my husband joined me and quit also. But I miss it sometimes. I think MOP looks fun. Someday I'll go back, maybe! But carefully!0
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I'm not addicted to online games, but a job that required sitting daily plus a lot of hours online every night made me a blob. The easiest start to helping it for me was TO STAND UP WHILE ON THE COMPUTER. I have mine on a cardboard box, because I don't care about fancy stuff, and I stand up at work when I am alone, and in the year or so I have done it, my core muscles and legs and everything have gotten much more toned, without any other effort. It may not make you go (for example, pulled out of nowhere) from 400 pounds to 120 or anything, but it may make you go from 400 to less weight with more toned core muscles, even if you don't do much else, if only by increasing metabolism and making you feel better. To me, it gave me an experience similar to when I was younger and worked more active jobs, and was always in better shape, whether I did martial arts or not, and it was such a nice relief to find out that it helped me again. Might be worth a try for folks just starting to improve their fitness who are online or at a desk a lot--0
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